Round curves. Only one possible form.
Straight strokes. Also a single form — this is how Japan writes names from abroad.
Thousands of characters, each one with its own meaning. Many of them are read «Diana»: none of them is the correct one.
That is where a person has to choose, not a translator: a Japanese calligrapher who has already written the names of more than 500 people by hand, on the street, one by one.
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Your name carries the meaning of keeping only what is worth keeping, staying close so others can lean on you, overflowing with love and being loved by everyone, and opening like the yellow flower that covers the field in spring.
Your name carries the meaning of keeping the cleanness of a drop of water, being one of a kind, putting color wherever you are, and bringing the calm of the wind when it stops.
Your name carries the meaning of having a generous presence, holding to what you decide, carrying a deep blue, and pushing the way a wave pushes.
Your name carries the meaning of taking the helm and setting the course, wrapping and keeping your people warm, shining with the clearness of crystal, and arriving the way a wave reaches the sand.
Your name carries the meaning of keeping the cleanness of a drop of water, staying close so others can lean on you, keeping a clear head, and carrying the summer sun with its thick green.
Your name carries the meaning of keeping only what is worth keeping, being one of a kind, carrying the pattern of figured silk, and gathering what is beautiful and plentiful.
Your name carries the meaning of taking the helm and setting the course, holding to what you decide, running ahead of spring like the apricot blossom, and touching the world gently.
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☕ buy me a coffeeEverything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Dianas, the same stroke. Not this one. The calligrapher dips the brush and writes yours a single time — the ink opens where it opens, the stroke breaks where it breaks.



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Your name printed on what you use every day. We do not sell the shirt: we give you the file and you take it to your printer.
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